Nirbhaya Rape Case Verdict: Supreme Court likely to pronounce verdict on death penalty plea of 3 rapists; fourth yet to move plea

The apex court on Monday is likely to pronounce its verdict on the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convicts pleas review of the three out of four sentenced to death in the brutal 16 December 2012, Delhi gang-rape case. The Supreme court had on May 4 reserved its order on the review petitions filed by the convicts– Pawan Gupta(31), Vinay Sharma (25), and Mukesh (31).

A bench comprising Chief Justice and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan is expected to deliver its verdict on the pleas of the three convicts Mukesh (29), Pawan Gupta (22) and Vinay Sharma (23).

The fourth convict, Akshay Thakur (33) has not yet filed a review petition against the apex court's May 5, 2017 judgement. The top court had however in the last hearing, granted three weeks time to Akshay to file his review petition in the case.

Advocate A P Singh, representing Akshay Kumar Singh, said, "Akshay has not filed a review petition yet. We will be filing it."

According to the prosecution, the 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally assaulted and raped by six persons in a moving bus in South Delhi. The accused thrown out the girl and her male friend on the night of December 16, 2012. She subsequently died during the treatment at a Singapore hospital on December 29 the same year.

Out of the six convicts, prime accused in the case Ram Singh had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar jail in 2013 during the trial. Another accused was found out by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) as a minor and sentenced him to three years term at a probation home.